Dorothee Metlitzki

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1914 – 2001

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Who was Dorothee Metlitzki?

Dorothee Metlitzki was a German born, later American, author and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley and, for most of her career, at Yale University. She was a specialist in medieval English literature and history, Arabic literature and language and of the author Herman Melville.

In addition she was a Zionist who played an important role in the foundation of the modern State of Israel.

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Born
Jul 27, 1914
Königsberg
Education
  • University of London
  • Yale University
Lived in
  • East Prussia
Died
Apr 14, 2001

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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